Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Houstonia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Houstonia \Hous*to"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after Dr. William
Houston, an English surgeon and botanist.] (Bot.)
A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous
salveform blue or white flower. There are about twenty
species, natives of North America. Also, a plant of this
genus.
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